Sir Edward Campbell, 1st Baronet

Sir Edward Taswell Campbell, 1st Baronet JP MP (April 9, 1879 – Bromley, Kent, July 17, 1945) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.

Ancestry

He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Campbell (June 15, 1843 – Airds, Sydenham Hill, Surrey, September 13, 1926) and wife (m. Christ Church, Paddington, January 28, 1869) Emilie Guillamine Maclaine (c. 1847 – Airds, Sydenham Hill, Surrey, July 21, 1928); paternal grandson of Sir John Campbell, 7th Baronet and wife Hannah Elizabeth Macleod; maternal grandson of Donald Maclaine, 20th of Lochbuie (October 26, 1816 – October 12, 1863) and wife (m. October 23, 1844) Emilie Guillamine Vincent (– November 8, 1882); and great-grandson of Lieutenant Murdoch Maclaine, 19th of Lochbuie (August 1, 1791 – August 20, 1844) and wife (m. March 7, 1813) Christina Maclean and of Charles Anthony Vincent and wife.

Career

Educated at Dulwich College, prior to entering politics, he served as a Vice-Consul in Java between 1914 and 1920. Sir Edward Campbell was created a Knight Bachelor in 1933 and the 1st Baronet Campbell of Airds Bay, Argyll, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on July 3 1939. He also served as a Kent Justice of the Peace.

He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Camberwell North West in 1924 but was defeated in 1929. He returned to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1930 as member for Bromley and sat until his death, which occurred during the 1945 general election. Polling took place on July 5, 1945. Campbell died 12 days later, but nine days before the declaration of the result. He was declared posthumously elected on 26 July 1945, provoking a by-election in his Bromley constituency. That contest was won by Harold Macmillan.

In the House of Commons Campbell served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Sir Kingsley Wood on various occasions between 1931 and 1943, and later was PPS to Henry Willink as Minister of Health.

Marriage and children

He married on January 28, 1904 Edith Jane Warren (Surabaya, Java, Dutch East Indies, December 7 1880 – Stonycrest, Hindhead, Surrey, October 26 1951), daughter of Arthur John Warren, British Vice Consul in Surabaya, (baptised, St Pancras Old Church, London, July 22, 1847 – Epsom, Surrey, November 17, 1930) and wife Sophia Jane Wilson (St Pancras, London, May 17, 1856 – Burghdown, Epsom, Surrey, January 26, 1920), and had issue, including:
* Frances Henriette Campbell (Semarang, Java, Dutch East Indies, November 30 1904 – ?), married on December 16 1930 to Rear Admiral Keith McNeill Walter (later Campbell-Walter) (Hazaribagh, August 31 1904 – April 24 1976), son of Alexander McNeill Walter, of Hazaribagh, India, Zamindari Manager (Calcutta, May 12 1875 – Hazaribagh, February 12 1936), and wife Florence Ruth Gisella Downing (Purnesh, Bengal, October 5 1879 – Holloway Sanitorium, Egham, Surrey, April 8, 1976), whose daughter was:
** Fiona Frances Elaine Campbell-Walter (b. Takapuna, Prov. Auckland, June 25 1932), New Zealand-born British fashion model, married as his third wife at Lugano-Castagnola, 17 September, 1956, Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza; their children were Francesca Anne Dolores (b. Lausanne, June 7 1958 and now married at Mariazell, January 31 1993 to Karl Habsburg-Lothringen, heir to the defunct Austrian Imperial Throne) and Lorne (b. Lugano, June 15 1963), who converted to Islam and is unmarried and without issue; he is the producer and director of "Labyrinth" (2003) and the executive producer of "The Garden of Eden" (2008); Fiona and Hans Heinrich divorced on January 20, 1965, and she went on to have a well-publicized relationship with Greek shipping heir Alexander Onassis, the only son of Aristotle Onassis
* Sir Charles Duncan Macnair Campbell, 2nd Baronet (September 12, 1906 – January 16, 1954) (title extinct with his death)

References

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* 'Who's Who of British MPs: Volume IV, 1945-1979' by Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees (Harvester, Brighton, 1979) ISBN 0-85527-335-6
* [http://worldroots.com/~brigitte/famous/f/francescathyssenanc1958.htm Ancestors of Baroness Francesca Anne Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kaszon]
* [http://worldroots.com/~brigitte/famous/e/eleonoreaustriaanc1994.htm Ancestors of Archduchess Eleonore of Austria]
* [http://worldroots.com/~brigitte/famous/f/ferdinandaustriaanc1997.htm Ancestors of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria]
* [http://worldroots.com/~brigitte/famous/g/gloriaaustriaanc1999.htm Ancestors of Archduchess Gloria of Austria]
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